UNICEF IDDRR Child-Responsive DRR Video

Today is International Day Of Disaster Risk Reduction #DRRDay!

This year's theme is “Fighting Inequality for a Resilient Future.” At least half of all people who die in disasters are children, including those with disabilities.

It is especially critical to protect and promote girls’ rights in emergencies.

Check out UNICEF's animation on Child Responsive DRR to find out how we can work together to #BreakTheCycle and build #ResilienceForAllChildren.

The video includes Russian and Vietnamese language captions.

This video highlights the value of child-responsive disaster risk reduction (DRR) for building resilience and advance the rights of every child; with special attention to those most vulnerable and disadvantaged in disaster contexts (e.g., girls, women, people with disabilities, children on the move). Child-responsive disaster risk reduction requires focusing on the specific risks that children and young people face, as well as involving children in efforts and initiatives to reduce disaster risk. Children have unique needs, and it is important that the entire disaster management cycle is child responsive. Solutions must be holistic, inclusive, and consider boys’ and girls’ exposure and coping capacities to make them less vulnerable. They must address underlying risk drivers like climate change, poverty, stigma, and gender discrimination.